MacBook Pro 2017 wifi cannot authenticate

swarfendor437 · August 14, 2022, 9:35pm

Some articles that might help (or hinder):

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/niftylettuce/5619c2be9906bcbd893e1e1a25b9d795

how-to-enable-wifi-macbook-mac-mini-air-ubuntu-linux-debian-mint-mate-os.md

# How to Enable Wi-Fi on MacBook, Mac Mini, MacBook Air for Ubuntu/Linux OS

By default older Mac computer models have driver issues with the Broadcom Wi-Fi chip.  Most instructions online (such as this one from the official Ubuntu docs @ <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini5-1/Precise>) suggest to use `sudo apt-get` and install these packages from the PPA.

**BUT** you don't have Internet so you can't use `apt-get`!  Instead you can use a different computer to download the packages, then transfer them over.

In the instructions below, you will need to replace `sid` in the download URL's with the proper version of Debian your version of Ubuntu/Linux is using.  To find which version you should use, you can view the chart at https://askubuntu.com/questions/445487/what-debian-version-are-the-different-ubuntu-versions-based-on#445496.  If you're using `jessie` for example, then replace all `sid` with `jessie` in the links below.

1. Download `b43-fwcutter` @ <https://packages.debian.org/sid/b43-fwcutter> (**replace "sid" in the URL as needed** -- scroll down to "Download" section and choose based off your architecture, and then select a mirror/FTP link to download from on the next page that appears).
2. Download `firmware-b43-installer` @ <https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-b43-installer> (repeat same note as above)

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This one is Ubuntu specific and you can't make your own spin of Zorin: